Exploratory Chandra observations of the highest-redshift quasars: X-rays from the dawn of the modern universe

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2143-2155

  Vignali, C ^a   Brandt, W N ^a   Fan, X ^b   Gunn, J E ^c   Kaspi, S ^a   Schneider, D P ^a   Strauss, Michael A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: nuclei; Quasars: general; X rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012423012     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323712     Document Type: Article

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